If the display reads "MULTI CHANNEL" when playing a Blu-Ray disc, rest assured the Rotel processor is still receiving an HD audio signal from the Blu-Ray player, it is just being received in the form of a multichannel Linear PCM signal instead of the raw Dolby TrueHD or DTS HD bitstream. All HD signals, whether it be Dolby or DTS, first come off the disc as an HD bitstream which must be decoded and uncompressed into raw digital audio (Linear PCM). This first step of decoding and uncompressing the audio can be handled either in the Blu-Ray player or inside the processor and there should not be a noticeable performance difference based on where this occurs. With HDMI 1.1 devices the decoding must occur in the Blu-Ray player, but starting with HDMI 1.3 the raw bitstream audio can be sent to the processor.

Check the settings in the Blu-Ray player's setup menu for an option to set the HDMI audio from LPCM to Bitstream to let the Rotel processor do the HD decoding. This option will only work with HDMI 1.3 and higher devices so RSX-1058 and RSP-1069 must use LPCM only.

If your Rotel DVD player is connected via analog audio cables for audio, this issue is usually the result of improper downmix settings for the connection. If the DVD player offers 6 analog audio connections this means each speaker channel of audio has its own dedicated audio output on the DVD player, thus your front, center, surround and subwoofer channels each are decoded and sent on the respective outputs of the player. Usually the 6 analog outputs of the DVD player would be connected to an analog multichannel input of a surround receiver or processor, such as the Multi Input on a Rotel receiver.

If you are only using a stereo pair of analog cables to connect to a stereo input, however, this means that only the audio from the front 2 speakers is being sent to the receiver. The DVD player must be configured to downmix the audio from the center channel, subwoofer, and surrounds into the front channel outputs so it can be heard in the system.

To configure the downmix setting for your DVD player, refer below:

• RDV-1092/1093: From the Speaker Setup menu, select Speaker Size and set this to NO for the Subwoofer, Surround, and Center speakers.
• RDV-1050: From the Audio setup menu, select Analog Output and set this to either 2-CH DOLBY SURROUND (if connecting to a surround receiver or processor) or 2-CH STEREO (if connecting to a stereo receiver or TV).
• RDV-1060: From the Speaker Setup menu, select Output Mode and set this to 2CH STEREO.

This can occur when the radio loses the stream from the internet radio station. This is a condition of the internet signal and the strength of the radio stations stream, and not something wrong the radio. Some stations will buffer more than others and this condition will vary depending upon the load on the internet stream.